The new Israel Factor panel had two surprises for us in our first ranking of the 2016 prospective presidential candidates. Yes, we’re already beginning the ranking of potential candidates on our regular good/bad-for-Israel scale. We started doing it more than two years before the...

FLORIDA - Spending a week in Florida on the eve of a presidential election has become a habit, and a habit I cherish. Once again meeting the old ladies who suddenly become interested in politics, attending the synagogues to which candidates flock in droves to speak, watching the...

Rabbi Susan Silverman, a resident of Jerusalem and sister of American comedian Sarah Silverman, talks about her new initiative - a video showing Israeli support for President Barack Obama and his pro-Israel credentials.

I was on Israeli television yesterday with my friend and Panels Politics pollster Dr. Menachem Lazar, when he suddenly produced a new survey on what Israelis think about the American elections. Produced, but only very briefly, mentioning one or two numbers and moving on to the next...

The good news: The Democrats reinstated Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in ‎their platform. This confirms my initial response to this whole affair: it was a ‎mistake. I don’t understand why the Democrats decided to drop Jerusalem, and ‎even with the lame excuses they were giving...

Why the Democrats have decided to omit Jerusalem from their party platform is utterly beyond me. ‎There is nothing more predictable than the ensuing attacks from the right following ‎such an omission. There's nothing more likely to trouble Jewish voters who still care ‎about Israel...

Kyrsten Sinema is running for Congress in the 9th District of Arizona. She is a Democrat in a newly created district that seems likely to fall into Democratic hands. She is also possibly - as some believe - a rising star in the party. She might even become a Congresswoman.

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